Adam Graham Detroit News Film Critic Published 3:10 PM EDT Sep 27, 2018 Not just any old mutt can be a guide dog for the blind. “Pick of the Litter” is a cuddly documentary that looks at the rigorous process of becoming a guide dog, and follows a group of potential seeing-eye pups from birth to see if they’ve got what it takes to make the cut. Writer and co-director Dana Nachman begins with a litter of “P” labs: Poppet, Patriot, Phil, Primrose and Potomac. They’re put through a 20-month training program that begins with being sent to live with puppy raisers, whose job it is to set the dogs on the right course. Some are immediately shuffled out of the system at that early stage. These flunk outs are considered “career changed,” and are sent off to live happy lives chasing sticks and providing cuddles. For others, the program continues. And “Pick of the Litter” is there to document their development, as their confidence and wherewithal is tested, to see if they’d be a good companion for the blind or needy. For those that make it through the program, there are two options: guide dogs and breeders. Filmmakers get lucky with the cast, as each group… Read full this story
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